Xavier Suarez

Xavier Suarez (21 May 1949-) was Mayor of Miami from 14 November 1985 to 11 November 1993 (succeeding Maurice Ferre and preceding Stephen P. Clark) and from 14 November 1997 to 12 March 1998 (interrupting Joe Carollo).

Biography
Xavier Suarez was born in Las Villas, Cuba on 21 May 1949, and he later emigrated to the United States. He worked as a lawyer and built up his support in Miami's Cuban community, and he served as Mayor from 1985 to 1993 and from 1997 to 1998 as a Democratic Party member and as an independent. In 2011, he was elected as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from District 7. His son Francis Xavier Suarez would laer become Mayor as a Republican Party member.